Petrus Christus, 1450 - The Annunciation - fine art print

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This Annunciation is exceptional for its bird’s-eye view and outdoor setting. Sheltered in the doorway of a church and greeted by Gabriel, Mary is presented not only as the recipient of the message of the Incarnation, but also as the personification of the Church (Ecclesia). The architecture, which is part Romanesque (right) and part Gothic (left), refers to the coming of Christ and the transition from Judaism to Christianity. A fragment of a larger composition, the picture is notable for its meticulous observation of plant life and was formerly ascribed to Van Eyck.

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• The acrylic glass print (with real glass coating on top): An print on acrylic glass, often denoted as a an art print on plexiglass, will convert your chosen original artwork into décor and forms a great alternative to canvas and aluminidum dibond art prints. The work of art will be printed thanks to state-of-the-art UV print machines. This creates stunning, intense color tones. The major benefit of an acrylic glass fine art print is that contrasts as well as granular painting details will be identifiable thanks to the delicate tonal gradation. The real glass coating protects your chosen art print against light and external influences for several decades.
• Printed poster (canvas material): The poster print is a printed sheet of flat canvas with a nice finish on the surface, that reminds the actual work of art. It is designed for framing your art replica in a special frame. Please bear in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the poster print we add a white margin 2 - 6cm round about the painting to facilitate the framing with your custom frame.
• The canvas print: The printed canvas stretched on a wood frame. A canvas print of this masterpiece will allow you to transform your personal fine art print into a large size artpiece. The great advantage of canvas prints is that they are relatively low in weight. That means, it is easy and straightforward to hang up the Canvas print without the use of extra wall-mounts. Canvas prints are suitable for any type of wall.
• Aluminium dibond print: An Aluminium Dibond print is a print material with a true depth, which makes a fashionable impression thanks to a non-reflective surface. A direct Aluminium Dibond Print is the perfect start to the sophisticated world of art replicas on aluminum. The white and bright components of the original work of art shine with a silk gloss but without glow. The colors are luminous in the highest definition, details are crisp, and the print has a a matte look you can literally feel.

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The masterpiece was painted by the northern renaissance master Petrus Christus. The original version was painted with the size: Overall 31 x 25 7/8 in (78,7 x 65,7 cm); painted surface 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 in (77,5 x 64,1 cm) and was painted with the technique oil on wood. This artpiece is included in the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States of America. We are happy to state that the work of art, which belongs to the public domain is included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931. Creditline of the artwork: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931. The alignment is portrait with an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Petrus Christus was a male Netherlandish painter, born ca., whose style can be attributed mainly to Northern Renaissance. The European painter lived for 32 years - born in the year 1444 in Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium and passed away in 1476.

Disclaimer: We try whatever we can in order to depict our products as precisely as possible and to illustrate them visually on the product detail pages. At the same time, the colors of the print products, as well as the printing can diverge slightly from the image on the screen. Depending on the settings of your screen and the nature of the surface, not all color pigments can be printed as exactly as the digital version on this website. Since our are processed and printed manually, there might as well be slight variations in the exact position and the size of the motif.

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